transversal
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trans·ver·sal
(trăns-vûr′səl, trănz-)adj.
Transverse.
n. Mathematics
A line that intersects a system of other lines.
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transversal
(trænzˈvɜːsəl)n
(Mathematics) geometry a line intersecting two or more other lines
adj
a less common word for transverse
transˈversally adv
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trans•ver•sal
(trænsˈvɜr səl, trænz-)adj.
1. transverse.
n. 2. a line intersecting two or more other lines.
[1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin trānsversālis. See transverse, -al1]
trans•ver′sal•ly, adv.
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transversal
adjectiveSituated or lying across:
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transversal
a. transversal;
___ plane → plano ___.
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